Lamp-extinguisher



(No Model.)

W. H. KITTLE.

Lamp Extinguisher.

No. 238,402. Patented March 1, I881.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAMP-EXTINGUISHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,402, dated MarchApplication filed September 21, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. KITTLE, of Stoneville, in the countyofWashington and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Lamp-Extinguishers; and I do hereby declare thatthe followin g is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to a lamp-extinguisher adapted to extinguish thelight by the act of an attendant, as is usual in such devices; and thenovelty consists in the construction and arrangement of parts by whichthe extinguishing device will automatically assume its normal positionafter-the light is extinguished, and in the described means to hold theextinguisher away from the flame in carrying the lamp from one place toanotherall of which will be hereinafter described, and specificallypointed out in the clairn-as shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure l is a central vertical section, and Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection through the line a: m, Fig. 1.

Iteferrin g to the drawings, A represents an ordinary lamp-burner; B,the extinguishing cap, supported upon a standard, D, secured rigidly toa rockshaft, O, at a point eccentric to the axis of motion,and upon theside of said axis farthest from the wick-tube. A convenient handle, 0,allows the ready manipulation of the extinguisher.

E represents the ordinary perforated diaphragm, which, in this device,is slotted at e, and through this slot the standard D operates. Theouter edge of the slot presents an arbitrary stop to confine the motionof the said standard outwardly within proper limits.

An extension or lug, as shown at a, will be snfiicient, in connectionwith the gravity of the standard and extinguisher, to hold theextinguisher out of contact with the flame except when manipulated bythe operator to extinguish the light, and to promptly make it assume itsposition of rest as soon as the light has been extinguished.

I am aware of the Patents Nos. 34,27 7 1862, and 70,567, of 1867, eachof which covers devices for extinguishing the light by the manipulationof the attendant; but in each of these devices the same manipulation isnecessary to force the extinguisher back to its normal position.

My invention is designed as an improvement upon these patents, theobject being to have the extinguisher automatically assume its positionof rest, and the gist of this invention lies in the described meansemployed for accomplishing that end.

What I claim is- The rock-shaft O 0, having lateral extension to, andthe standard D,rigidly secured to said extension at at a point eccentricto the axis of motion upon the side of said axis farthest from theflame, the extinguisher B, diaphragm E, perforated, as shown, andslotted at c to receive the standard D, the whole constructed, arranged,and combined with a lamp-burner in the described manner, to compose alightextinguisher which will automatically assume its position of restexcept when in the act of extinguishing the flame, as herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS H. KITTLE, J r., GEO. IRA J. KITTLE.

